Grammy Winners 2025: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Five Wins for ‘Not Like Us,’ Beyoncé and Charli XCX Take Home Three Each – Variety
Who would’ve thought rap beef could’ve been such a catalyst for community?
From diss track to record and song of the year, Kendrick Lamar went home the biggest winner at the 2025 Grammy Awards with “Not Like Us” – which took aim at Drake – earning a total of five wins: song of the year, record of the year, best rap song, best rap performance, and best music video. In the record of the year category, Lamar beat out the Beatles for “Now And Then,” Beyoncé for “Texas Hold ‘Em,” Charli XCX for “360,” Billie Eilish for “Birds of a Feather,” Sabrina Carpenter for “Espresso,” Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone for “Fortnight,” and Chappell Roan for “Good Luck, Babe!”
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“We gonna dedicate this one to the city,” Lamar said in his first acceptance speech for record of the year. “This is my neck of the woods, have held me down since a young pup. Since I was in the studio, scrapping to write the best raps and all that.”
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Live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the 67th Grammy Awards had women coming out on top in some of the night’s biggest and most competitive categories. Charli xcx claimed three awards for best electronic/dance album for “Brat,” best dance pop recording (“Von Dutch”) and best recording package (“Brat”).
But no one was quite as surprised by their wins as Beyoncé, who was nominated for 11 Grammys and took home three. She appeared especially shocked when her “Cowboy Carter” set took home the title of best country album of the year. “Cowboy Carter” was also crowned album of the year, making her the first Black female artist to win in the category since 1999 when Lauryn Hill took home the award for critically adored, chart-topping “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Beyoncé also took home the award for best country duo/group performance award for “II Most Wanted.”
Elsewhere, Doechii became the third female rapper (behind Cardi B and Hill) to win in the best rap album category for “Alligator Bites Never Heal.”
Additionally, Sierra Ferrell was a standout winner at the beginning of the night, picking up four awards during Grammys Premiere Ceremony early Sunday afternoon.
Below, see the complete winners list.
RECORD OF THE YEAR
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR
BEST NEW ARTIST
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (NON-CLASSICAL)
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE
BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC RECORDING
BEST DANCE POP RECORDING
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
BEST REMIXED RECORDING
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE
BEST METAL PERFORMANCE
BEST ROCK ALBUM
BEST ROCK SONG
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE
BEST PROGRESSIVE R&B ALBUM
BEST R&B SONG
BEST R&B ALBUM
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE
BEST MELODIC RAP PERFORMANCE
BEST RAP ALBUM
BEST RAP SONG
BEST SPOKEN WORD POETRY ALBUM
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE
BEST COUNTRY SONG
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE
BEST AMERICANA PERFORMANCE
BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM
BEST TRADITIONAL BLUES ALBUM
BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES ALBUM
BEST FOLK ALBUM
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM
BEST GOSPEL PERFORMANCE/SONG
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE/SONG
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM
BEST ROOTS GOSPEL ALBUM
BEST LATIN POP ALBUM
BEST MUSICA URBANA ALBUM
BEST LATIN ROCK OR ALTERNATIVE ALBUM
BEST MUSICA MEXICANA ALBUM (INCLUDING TEJANO)
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM
BEST CHILDREN’S MUSIC ALBUM
BEST COMEDY ALBUM
BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER INTERACTIVE MEDIA
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC FILM
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
BEST JAZZ PERFORMANCE
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM
BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM
BEST ALTERNATIVE JAZZ ALBUM
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
BEST REGGAE ALBUM
BEST NEW AGE, AMBIENT OR CHANT ALBUM
BEST RECORDING PACKAGE
BEST BOXED OR SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE
BEST ALBUM NOTES
BEST HISTORICAL ALBUM
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
BEST IMMERSIVE AUDIO ALBUM
BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPPELLA
BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS
BEST ORCHESTRAL PERFORMANCE
BEST OPERA RECORDING
BEST CHORAL PERFORMANCE
BEST CHAMBER MUSIC/SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO ALBUM
BEST CLASSICAL COMPENDIUM
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
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